Shaker for chocolate and the like.



J. KNIGHT. v SHAKER FOB CHOCOLATE AND-THE LIKE. APPLICATION-TILED JULYDSIO, .1912.

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- a table which is freely movable in a vertical i pose, and one which will enable the ma-.

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material can be shaken as hard or as lightly JOHN KNIGHT, or NEWARK, .NEW JERSEY.

SHAKER FORv CHOCOi'JATE AND THE LIKE,

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Specification 0t Letters Patent."

Patented Nov. 25, 191 3.

Application filed July 30, 1912. Serial No. 712,228.

T all l/FZLOIIL it may concern. Be it known that I, JoHN KNIGHT, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Shakers for Chocolate and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus-a for shaking liquid, plastic or semiliquid substances so as to shake the air bubj My invention is especially intended to produce a device having a sha mg table over which chocolate 1n molds can be passed, and

free tlie air bubbles and leave the chocolate iniiiture. smooth and dense. Obviously the same apparatus can be used for shaking analogous substances for the same reason.

In carrying out my invention, I produce direction, and is guided in its movement and provides for carrying across the table a series of molds containing the mixture to able bumpers, and rests upon rotating cams which continuously vibratxa it. In co-nnection with the table I use an adjusting framewhich has means for adjusting it up and down, and which limits the distance to which the table can drop, thereby regulating the amount of vibration, so that the as necessity may require. My invention is also intended to provlde a convenient and inexpensive apparatus for ,thlS pur-' terial to be conveniently fed across thetable so that the expense of shaking will be practically negligible.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specr' fication, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. v

Figure 1 is a. plan view of the apparatus with the table and adjusting frame removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the table and the mold feeding means. Fig. '4. is an end'view of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is ac'detail showing the tionncetio'n between the table; and the shaking cams. Fig. 6 is a diagram in side the means for adjusting the frame and regulating the amount of vibration,

The apparatus is provided with a suitable frame-work 10 which can be made of timber, or of metal or other material if preferred, and this supports abovcits flat top an adjusting framework 11 which carries the loose table 12. The frame 11 rests on the broad tops or heads 13 of the bolts 14 which are arranged vertically in the upper member of the frame 10, and which have nuts '15 above and below the frame rail, so that by turning the nuts the height of the head 13 can be regulate and b adjusting the several bolts and nuts, the ta le 11 can be carried at'the desired height, and will in thisway limit the downward movement of the table 1:2.

The table 12 is provided with side boards or flanges 16, to prevent-the molds from being laterally displaced, and at necessary intervals on the under iart andopposite sides of the table are buffers 17 the form of blocks, which ar'eprefcrably covered with rawhide, and these buffers rest on the rotating cam wheels 18 which are provided with .a series of cam teeth as shown in Fig. 5, so that as the wheels rotate: the table 12 will be thrown upwardb y the successive "teeth and will drop by gravitybetween the teeth, thus imparting to it a -apid shaking or vibratory movement. lnorder that the table'may be guided accurately in its vertical vibration, it is-provided preferably at the endsiwith depending pins 19 in the nature of king pins, which project through .guide holes 20 in the frame 10. are shown clearly in Fig. 4, and the holes in Fig. 1.

The cam wheels 18 can be rotated in any convenient manner, but l. have shown them secured tb parallel shafts 21 which are supported in suitable boxes in the upper part and opposite sides of the frame 10, and the shafts connect by bevel pi'nions 22 and 23 The pins with a driving shaft24 which is provided 7 following arran ement can be conveniently used; At the en s ofthe table are shafts 28 and 29 which carry sprocket Wheels 30 and 31 respectively, these being arranged in J elevation of the apparatus for'moving' the molds, and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing pairs as shown best in Fig. 1. The alining sprocket wheels 30 and 31 carry belts 32 which are referably chain belts, and the upper mem rs of these belts run in grooves 33 m the table top. The belts are connected at necessary intervals by cross pieces 33 which extend across the table top as shown in Fig. 3, and the molds of chocolate, or

other plastic material are placed on the table top at one end and between the cross ieces or slats 33. The movement of the be ts 32 and the slats 33 will therefore carry the molds lengthwise across the table} during sprocket Wheel 36 on the shaft 37 Which is arranged in the lower part of the frame 10. The shaft' 37 has at its opposite end a sprocket wheel 38 from which a belt can be extended to the sprocket wheel 89 on the shaft 29, but as stated, any suitable driving means can be adopted, and I have shown this particular arrangement simply to illustrate an operative device.

From the foregolng description it will be seen that the structure is very simple and 'efiicient, that the adjusting frame can be easily regulated by means of the bolts 14: and nuts 15 so as to limit the amount of vibration of thetable 12, and that this table will be rapidly shaken by the cam wheels 18,

port, a frame loosely held on the said. members, atable'mova y held by the frame, said table having longitudinally extending grooves in its top, belts mounted to travel in the grooves, andslats attached toand car- 'ried by the said belts whereby articles are carried longitudinally of the table, and means for vibrating the table.

2. In an apparatus for shaking chocolate, a support, members adjustable thereon, a frame mounted on the members, a table loosely carried by the frame, said table having grooves in its upper surface and extending longitudinally thereof, means for vibrating the table with relation to the adjustable members, flexible devices traveling in the ooves of the table below the surface thereo means for causing the travel ofsaid flexible members, and slats attached to the flexible members whereby articles are drawn over the surface of the table thereby.

,IQHN KNIGHT.

Witnesses: WILLIAM F. OBRIEN,

THOMAS H. ZUCKER.

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